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Thread #69505   Message #1181980
Posted By: beardedbruce
09-May-04 - 11:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Should Rumsfeld Resign?
Subject: RE: BS: Should Rumsfeld Resign?
My major complaint over the House proceedings was the inconsistant efforts of some Democrats. Just the week before the story about Clintomn broke, there was a half-page editorial by the woman congresswoman from CA about a high-ranking (single) general who asked out a (somewhat)lower ranking woman officer. She DEMANDED that he resign, and threatened charges against him as well. This woman later stood in the House and said that the purjury in a court of law was a "personnal matter" and should not be brought to trial ( in the Senate). The Democrats have thus stated that the rule of law does not apply to the sitting president.

I think it is important for BOTH parties to remember that the precedents that they establish can be used against them at some other time. American law is built on precedent. I truely fear the Patriot act, not because of what the current administration might do, but because of the precedent. If President Hillary decides that children should be removed from parents and raised by the state to get the "proper" environment, there is a lot less room to complain.